Edward Frederick Lindley Wood

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Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, later known as Lord Irwin and the 1st Earl of Halifax, was a prominent British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary in the early 20th century.

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Edward Frederick Lindley Wood canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Conservative Party (UK) politician ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree First-class degree in Modern History ⓘ
birthDate 1881-04-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Powick, Worcestershire ⓘ
linked to: Powick
child Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1959-12-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Garrows, near Halifax, West Yorkshire ⓘ
educatedAt All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
familyName Wood ⓘ
father Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
Frederick ⓘ
Lindley ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ
linked to: The Earl of Halifax

Lord Irwin ⓘ
Viscount Halifax ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
mother Lady Agnes Elizabeth Courtenay ⓘ
nobleTitleCreation Earl of Halifax 1944 ⓘ
Viscount Halifax 1925 ⓘ
notableFor Irwin Declaration on Indian constitutional reforms ⓘ
role in British policy of appeasement before World War II ⓘ
service as British wartime ambassador to the United States during World War II ⓘ
officeEnd British Ambassador to the United States 1946 ⓘ
Foreign Secretary 1940 ⓘ
Viceroy of India 1931 ⓘ
officeStart British Ambassador to the United States 1941 ⓘ
Foreign Secretary 1938 ⓘ
Viceroy of India 1926 ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceEnd 1925 ⓘ
parliamentaryServiceStart 1910 ⓘ
positionHeld British Ambassador to the United States ⓘ
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
Chancellor of the University of Oxford ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ⓘ
President of the Board of Education ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
represented Ripon (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
spouse Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Irwin → name → Edward Frederick Lindley Wood ⓘ
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax → alsoKnownAs → Edward Frederick Lindley Wood ⓘ
The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin → historicalFigureStudied → Edward Frederick Lindley Wood ⓘ
E. F. L. Wood → name → Edward Frederick Lindley Wood ⓘ